In My Dreams With You – English Lyrics

• By: Steve Vai
• Album: Relativity Records

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate and intricate world of Steve Vai's "In My Dreams With You." This hard rock anthem, with its compelling narrative of unrequited desire and vivid dreamscapes, offers a unique opportunity to explore English vocabulary related to intense emotions, fantasy, and human longing. Listen closely to the powerful vocals by Devin Townsend and Vai's signature guitar work to grasp how language and music intertwine to convey a complex emotional story.

[English]

I'm watchin' you, I'm wantin' you, but you turn away

I'd crawl through broken glass to you, but it wouldn't pay

You take me for a fool, oh, but if you only knew

What I do in my dreams with you

You're so cold and critical

And baby that's too bad

So my reality

Will have to come to me in my dreams

And I know that you belong to me every night

You suddenly appear in my eyes, it happens when I sleep

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you (in my dreams with you)

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you (free my soul)

...

I love the way you come to me every night

My fantasies are real, and they never lie

If you only knew what I do in my dreams with you, yeah

Isn't right, Lord, knows that it isn't right

The world can make you cynical

With all it's love and its pain

But I don't have to carry

The weight of the world

'Cause I know that you belong to me every night

You suddenly appear in my eyes, it happens when I sleep

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you (soul)

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you, you, you (no, no)

...

Baby, don't wake me, let me take you on an endless journey

We touch, and the softest kiss explodes with lust, yeah

And it's real, you can't deny the heat you feel

And if I die before I wake, baby, that's alright (baby, that's alright)

'Cause I know that you belong to me every night

You suddenly appear in my eyes, it happens when I sleep

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you (baby, oh baby)

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you (in my dreams)

I know that you belong to me every night

You suddenly appear in my eyes, it happens when I sleep

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you (my fantasy, my dream)

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you

And I know that you belong to me every night

You suddenly appear in my eyes, it happens when I sleep

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you

It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
belong /bɪˈlɔːŋ/ B2	verb - to be the property of
appear /əˈpɪr/ B1	verb - to come into sight
cold /koʊld/ A2	adjective - having a low temperature
journey /ˈdʒɜːrni/ B2	noun - an act of traveling from one place to another
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ B2	noun - the faculty or activity of imagining things that are impossible or improbable
weight /weɪt/ B1	noun - a measure of how heavy something is
cynical /ˈsɪnɪkəl/ C1	adjective - believing that people are motivated by self-interest
soft /sɔːft/ A2	adjective - easy to mold, cut, compress, or fold
kiss /kɪs/ A1	noun - a touch with the lips as a sign of love or greeting verb - to touch with the lips
real /rɪəl/ A2	adjective - actually existing as a thing
heat /hiːt/ B1	noun - the quality of being hot
crawl /krɔːl/ B1	verb - to move on hands and knees
glass /ɡlæs/ A2	noun - a hard, transparent substance used for making windows and bottles

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm watchin' you, I'm wantin' you, but you turn away.

  ➔ Present continuous tense.

  ➔ The phrase "I'm watchin' you" uses the present continuous to indicate an action that is currently happening.

• You take me for a fool, oh, but if you only knew.

  ➔ Conditional sentences.

  ➔ The phrase "if you only knew" is a conditional sentence that expresses a hypothetical situation.

• The world can make you cynical.

  ➔ Modal verbs.

  ➔ The verb "can" is a modal verb that expresses ability or possibility.

• I know that you belong to me every night.

  ➔ Noun clauses.

  ➔ The clause "that you belong to me" acts as the object of the verb "know".

• It isn't right, what I do in my dreams with you.

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement.

  ➔ The subject "it" agrees with the verb "isn't" in number and person.

• Baby, don't wake me, let me take you on an endless journey.

  ➔ Imperative mood.

  ➔ The phrase "don't wake me" is an imperative sentence giving a command.

• And if I die before I wake, baby, that's alright.

  ➔ Future perfect tense.

  ➔ The phrase "if I die before I wake" uses the future perfect to indicate an action that will be completed before another future action.